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Doctoral research in human resource management, Transnational doctoral education and research: an Asian focus (2012)
 

Female engineering students: career attractors (with Ian Lings, Neroli Sheldon, and Roslyn Cameron), GIEE 2011: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers (2012)
 

Human resource management practices of medium-sized companies in the textile industry in Java, Indonesia (with Asminah Rachmi), 14th West Lake Conference on Small and Medium Business (2012)

Recently, human resource is considered as the most important resource of the organisations. Mathis and...

 

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Industry branding: attracting talent to weaker profile industries (with Ian Lings and Roslyn Cameron), Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (2012)

There is global competition for engineering talent with some industries struggling to attract quality candidates....

 

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Retention factors perceived by software development employees in Taiwan (with Chin-Yao Tseng), New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management (2012)

Attracting and retaining IT staff in Taiwan is a human resources issue. The purpose of...

 

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Female administrative managers in Australian universities: not male and not academic (with Teresa Marchant), Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (2011)

Women make up 65 per cent of the staff in Australian universities who do not...

 

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Multiskilling of frontline managers in the five star hotel industry in Taiwan (with Li-Cheng Chen), Research and Practice in Human Resource Management (2011)

Multiskilling in the context of a number of countries has been identified as significantly improving...

 

Attraction and image for the Australian rail industry (with Neroli Sheldon, Ian Lings, and Roslyn Cameron), Management Research in a Changing Climate: British Academy of Management Conference (2010)

Despite the global financial downturn, the Australian rail industry is in a period of expansion....

 

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Collaborative approaches to moderation of assessment in transnational education (with Saadia Mahmud, Gavin Sanderson, Parvinder Hukam-Singh, Carmela Briguglio, Thavamalar Thuraisingam, and Shelley Yeo), Australian International Education Conference: engaging for the future (2010)

Transnational education (TNE) teaching and professional teams conduct assessment work across organisational, national and cultural...

 

Interpretations of comparability and equivalence around assessment: views of academic staff in transnational education (with Gavin Sanderson, Shelley Yeo, Thavamalar Thuraisingam, Carmela Briguglio, Saadia Mahmud, and Parvinder Hukam Singh), Quality in Uncertain Times: 9th Australian University Quality Forum (2010)
 

Skilled migration as a workforce development strategy for the Australian rail industry (with Roslyn Cameron, Deborah Joyce, and Peter Kell), Management Research in a Changing Climate: British Academy of Management Conference (2010)

Skill shortages in mission-critical skill sets are greatly affecting the Australian rail industry's ability to...

 

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Developing female middle managers in Australian universities (with Teresa Marchant), Higher Education (2009)

Universities should be developing female middle-managers for reasons of gender balance (Aitkin in The Last...

 

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Executive development: learning from effective practices in the Papua New Guinea public service (with Nama Polum), Sustainable management and marketing: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference (2009)

Human resource development is vital to the capacity building of developing nations, and the development...

 

Moderation of assessment in transnational higher eduction (with Saadia Mahmud, Gavin Sanderson, Pavinder Hukam Singh, Carmela Briguglio, Thavamalar Thuraisingam, and Shelley Yeo), Engaging for the future: Proceedings of Australian International Education Conference (2009)
 

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Multiskilling in the hotel industry in Taiwan (with Li-Cheng Chen), Sustainable management and marketing: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference (2009)

This study presents the results of research into the prevalence and type of multi-skilling in...

 

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Recruitment and retention of volunteers in emergency services (with Tony Baxter-Tomkins), Australian Journal on Volunteering (2009)

This paper reports recruitment and retention findings from a series of comprehensive, in-depth interviews with...

 

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Retaining key staff in SOEs in the construction industry in China (with Ying Zhang), New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management (2009)

China suffers from skills shortages especially in key staff and the construction industry is no...

 

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Retention of software employees in the IT industry in Taiwan (with Chin-Yao Tseng), Sustainable management and marketing: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference (2009)

Taiwan’s IT industry has been suffering from a shortage of IT knowledge workers. Despite the...

 

The relationship between motivation factors and retention of key management and professional technical staff in government-run construction enterprises in China (with Ying Zhang), Professional doctorate research in Australia : commentary and case studies from business, education and indigenous studies (2009)

As the issue of skills shortage becomes more prevalent, finding ways to engage existing talent...

 

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Volunteering and remuneration: can they co-exist? (with Tony Baxter-Tomkins), Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry (2009)

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This research focuses on recruitment and retention of volunteers within...

 

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Volunteering and remuneration: can they co-exist? (with Tony Baxter-Tomkins), Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry (2009)

Purpose of the research paper:

This research focuses on recruitment and retention of volunteers within...

 

Comparing motivation and retention between management and professional technical staff in construction SOEs in China (with Ying Zhang), Proceedings of The New Faces of Asian Management: 6th Asia Academy of Management Conference (2008)
 

Experiences of transnational learning: perspectives from some undergraduate students in the People's Republic of China and Singapore (with Lee Dunn), Teaching in transnational higher education: enhancing learning for offshore international students (2008)
 

Intercultural communities of practice (with Lee Dunn), Teaching in transnational higher education: enhancing learning for offshore international students (2008)
 

Recruitment and retention of volunteers: an emergency services perspective (with Tony Baxter-Tomkins), Second National Volunteering Research Symposium (2008)
 

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Retaining key staff in SOEs in the construction industry in China (with Ying Zhang), Managing in the Pacific century : program and abstracts: 22nd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (2008)

China suffers from skills shortages especially in key staff and the construction industry is no...

 

Teaching in transnational higher education: enhancing learning for offshore international students (with Lee Dunn), Graduate College of Management Papers (2008)

Teaching in Transnational Higher Education examines current trends and challenges that face students, teachers and...

 

The relationship between motivation factors related to HRD and retention in construction state owned organisations in China (with Ying Zhang), 7th International Conference on Human Resource Development in Asia (2008)
 

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Human resource development and female middle managers in Australian universities, Managing our intellectual and social capital: proceedings of the 21st Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (2007)

The numbers of females and males employed in higher education in Australia are roughly equal...

 

Leadership models: which one for volunteers? (with Matthew Nisbet), Exemplary practitioner research in management: ten studies from Southern Cross University's DBA program (2007)
 

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Perspectives on leading volunteers in the not-for-profit sector (with Matthew Nisbet), Australian Journal on Volunteering (2007)

The leadership of volunteers offers a unique relationship in contrast to the leadership of waged...

 

The relationship between motivation factors and retention in government-run construction enterprises in Beijing, China (with Ying Zhang), , Proceedings (refereed) of the 6th International Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (Asia Chapter) (2007)
 

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Administrative and academic female, middle managers in higher education in Australia: opportunities for development, Proceedings of Change in climate? Prospects for gender equity in universities: Australian Technical Network of Universities Women's Executive Development Program International Conference (2006)
 

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Australian academics and transnational teaching: an exploratory study of their preparedness and experiences (gcm) (with Lee Dunn), Higher Education Research & Development (2006)

Australia is now the third largest provider of education to overseas students. Between 1994 and...

 

Emergency service volunteers: issues of motivation and identity (with Tony Baxter-Tomkins), 11th National Conference on Volunteering (2006)
 

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Emergency service volunteers: what do we really know about them? (with Tony Baxter-Tomkins), Australian Journal of Volunteering (2006)

Recent world events have thrown into high relief the vital importance to society of those...

 

Report of the working party on delivery models of special education, Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Lismore (2006)
 

Report of the working party on international and intercultural perspectives at Southern Cross University (with Mieke Witsel), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (2006)
 

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The paradox and the price: female academic managers in a changing tertiary education context, Advancing Women in Leadership (2006)

This case study presents empirical data regarding the experiences of female academic managers in an...

 

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Cultural teaching and teaching culture: lessons from students and academics in some transnational degree programs (with Lee Dunn), International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management (2005)
 

Cultural teaching and teaching culture: lessons from students and academics in some transnational degree programs (Presentation) (with Lee Dunn), Proceedings of Knowledge, culture & learning in the new world: The fifth international conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations (2005)

The new global economy has fashioned academics and university education into new forms that include...

 

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Making a difference or just managing? - female, middle managers in Australian universities, Gender, Work & Organisation: 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference (2005)
 

Promoting communities of practice in transnational higher education (with Lee Dunn), Proceedings Breaking down barriers: the international experience in open, distance and flexible education: 17th Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia biennial conference (2005)
 

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Australian academics teaching in Singapore: striving for cultural empathy (with Lee Dunn), Innovations in Education and Teaching International (2004)

Within a framework of shrinking public funding for universities, competition for students and pressures for...

 

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Communities of practice, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

As concepts of organizational learning have moved well beyond individual competencies to organizational capabilities, discourses...

 

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Globalization and work: part 1, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

An editorial on the arguments for and against globalization is presented.

 

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Globalization and work: part 2, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

Web sites that discuss globalization and its effects on work and workplace learning are examined.

 

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Learning at work: some concepts and theories: part 2, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)
 

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Learning theories and approaches: part 1, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

Over the past 2 years this editorial has examined learning theories such as experiential and...

 

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Learning theories and approaches: part 2, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

Part 1 of this editorial examined activity theory linked to learning in e-contexts and interactions...

 

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Workplace learning: contextual factors 1, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

Much of the literature relating to workplace learning is predicated on the assumption that workplaces...

 

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Workplace learning: contextual factors 2, Journal of Workplace Learning (2004)

The previous editorial (in Volume 15, Issue 7/8) examined contextual factors that may affect workplace...

 

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Ageing on the web: the role of the web in supporting aged services (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of AusWeb03: Changing the Way We Work (2003)

This paper reports on two recent studies in Australia that relate to aged services and...

 

Aged care needs, Lismore and Alstonville: statistical profile and community consultation (with Diane Newton and Robert George Garbutt), Maranoa Inc. (2003)
 

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Applying post-modernist perspectives to workplace learning: part 1, Journal of Workplace Learning (2003)

Workplace learning is generally regarded as a benign activity that supports both individual and organisational...

 

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Applying post-modernist perspectives to workplace learning: part 2, Journal of Workplace Learning (2003)

The Internet editorial in Volume 15, Issue 1 presented some interpretations of postmodernism. Here we...

 

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Career development and the supply chain management professional: an explorative case study from Singapore (with Lee Dunn), Journal of Business and Social Inquiry (2003)

This case study explores the career development of some Singaporean supply chain management professionals within...

 

Learning at home, teaching off-shore: experiences of students and academics in an Australian degree taught in Singapore (with Lee Dunn), 17th International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges (IDP) Conference (2003)
 

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Policy and organisational discourses: identities offered to women workers, Equal Opportunities International (2003)

The National Training Reform Agenda (NTRA) (1989-1996) was the first iteration of a series of...

 

Teaching off-shore in Asia: into the unknown (with Lee Dunn), Learning for an unknown future : proceedings of the 2003 annual international conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) (2003)
 

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The future of work: part 1, Journal of Workplace Learning (2003)

In the early to mid-1990s, changes in technology, work organizations and the "new" forms of...

 

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The future of work: part 2, Journal of Workplace Learning (2003)

(Part 1 of this Internet editorial appeared in Vol. 15, No. 5 of the journal...

 

The paradox and the price: a case study of female academic managers in an Australian regional university, Gender equality in higher education: miscellanea third European conference (2003)
 

An evaluation of the SCU/SIPMM BBA Purchasing and Materials Management (Singapore) from a teaching and learning perspective (with Lee Dunn), Pro Vice Chancellor Academic and Quality, Southern Cross University (2002)
 

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Managing and developing online education: issues of change and identity, Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)

When a workgroup of educators determines to develop an online teaching capability, a number of...

 

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Motivation, Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)

Learning in the workplace is dependent on a number of factors including organizational climate and...

 

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Organizational change in a regional, local council (with J Strom), Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry (2002)

The 1993 Local Government Act called for greater accountability and client service and has been...

 

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Organizational learning and the learning organization, Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)
 

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Workplace e-learning, Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)
 

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Workplace learning in Asian contexts, Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)

Much of the scholarly and more popular literature on workplace learning tends to be somewhat...

 

Women and work identity, Rethinking gender, work and organization: Gender, work and organization conference (2001)
 

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Women and workplace training: power relations positioning “the other”, Women’s Studies International Forum (2001)

This article presents selected details from an empirical study that examined organisational practices in some...

 

Current issues for HR practitioners in local government, NSW Local Government Conference (2000)
 

The more things change: workplace training and gender power relations, Proceedings of Working knowledge: productive learning at work : international conference (2000)
 

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Workplace training initiatives: implications for women in the Australian workforce, Journal of European Industrial Training (2000)

Examines the situation for women workers in Australia after a ten-year focus on training. The...

 

On and off (campus, line and shore): removing national, organisational and learning boundaries (with Zbys Klich, E Bartlett, and B Fitzgerald), Conference on Online Learning (1999)
 

Power relations, positioning 'the other' and women workers' identities in four workplaces, Women and the millennium: gender, culture and globalization: Women's Studies Network Conference (1999)
 

Report on aged care needs in the Alstonville/Byron districts (with Brenda Hall-Taylor), Maranoa Inc. (1999)

This report resulted in a successful submission for funding for a nursing home and care...

 

How does online learning affect the acquisition of vocational knowledge (with Lee Dunn), Vocational knowledge and institutions; changing relationships, 6th Annual International Conference of Post-Compulsory Education and Training (1998)
 

What's in a name? Casual and academic (with J Walker), Association for Tertiary Education Management Conference (1998)
 

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An introduction to the training context in Australia, Graduate College of Management Papers (1997)

In the past seven years there have been some marked changes in the training context...

 

Evaluation of the Building Bundjalung Cultural Bridges Program, Lismore City Council (with Lee Dunn, Jill Gordon-Thomson, N Jennings, and Renata Phelps), Lismore City Council (1997)
 

Training the trainers: a study of distance education for trainers, 4th Vocational Education and Training Research Conference: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (1995)
 

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Post-modernism, gender and training: epistemological issues in seeing 'inside' organisations, Proceedings of Educational research : making a difference: Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (1994)
 

Snakes and ladders for women in training, Regional Business and Professional Women's Association Conference: Snakes and ladders - women and enterprise bargaining (1994)
 

Our town: a study of workplace training in an Australian provincial city, National Centre for Vocational Education Research Conference (1993)
 

The rhetoric and reality of gender in post-compulsory education and training, After competence : the future of post-compulsory education and training : international conference (1993)
 

What about me? : the impact unemployment has on country girls (with Marjorie Prior and Julie Carr), Women in Education, [for] NSW Consultative Committee on Transition Education (1983)